Aveek Sarkar

Aveek Sarkar অভীক সরকার
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Native name	অভীক সরকার
Born	Kolkata
Ethnicity	Indian
Alma mater	University of Calcutta
Occupation	Businessman
Organization	ABP Group
Spouse(s)	Rakhi Sarkar
Children	Buku Sarkar, Chiki Sarkar

Aveek Sarkar (Bengali: অভীক সরকার) is an Indian newspaper promoter and proprietor. He is the editor-in-chief of Anandabazar Patrika and The Telegraph. He is also the Chief Editor of ABP Group of publications. He was ranked as one of the most powerful Indians in 2009 by The Indian Express. He played vital roles during the formation of Penguin India, the Indian counterpart of Penguin Books and during the acquisition of STAR News in 2003.

Sarkar spent a year as an understudy to Sir Harold Evans in Britain, taking time to understand what went on at the previous two papers at which Evans had worked - The Northern Echo and the Manchester Evening News - before joining him at The Sunday Times.

Personal life

Sarkar is known to having strong opinions about most issues. He is known to have anti BJP views. But he refrains from bringing most of these stances to his business and editorial meetings, according to a profile by Nicholas Coleridge in Paper Tigers.